How Wayne Blair’s "The Sapphires" tells a story of collective and individual belonging
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22024016 |
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| Authors | Lexy Akillas (University of Technology Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | NEW Emerging scholars in Australian Indigenous Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2208-1232 • E-ISSN: 2208-1232 |
| Publisher | University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5130/nesais.v5i1.1571 |
| OpenAlex | W3016035585 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Wayne Blair’s 2012, dramatic comedy The Sapphires is an Australian film that discusses a number of important issues for Indigenous people, including the concept of belonging. Blair explores how belonging can exist both within community groups and internally through self-identity. The bones of the film are based on the true story of Laurel Robinson and Lois Peeler, two Indigenous women who toured Vietnam as the original ‘Sapphires’ with a New Zealand Maori band (Herche 2013). Laurel Robinson’s son, Tony Briggs wrote the screenplay and the 2004 musical (of the same name) thus being able to add a sense of authenticity. The film opens up a side of Australian history that has previously been underrepresented but has a universal appeal through its representation of belonging
Aesthetics · Appeal · Art · Art history · Comedy · Indigenous · Media studies · Musical · Political science · Sociology · Violin · Visual arts · Gender Studies · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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